With NBA free agency all but wrapped up for the Los Angeles Lakers, who only have one open roster spot left, much has been made of the team building strategy general manager Rob Pelinka and president of basketball operations Magic Johnson have used to construct a roster around LeBron James — mainly it’s (seeming) lack of shooting.
You see, conventional wisdom states that to win with James, a team needs to put four shooters on the court around him in order to maximize the spacing he has to operate and create the offensive firepower to keep up with the Golden State Warriors, who have defeated James in the last two NBA Finals.